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GUTJTTING APPARATUS'POR HARVESTERS. No. 292,370.

vPatnted Jamf ZZ, 1884.

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' UNITEEQSTATES PATENT EEICE.

GEORGE H sCrIULTEv AND CHARLEs MARTINCOURE OE MILWAUKEE.,

wIsCONsIN,AssIGNORs To THEf DENNETT HARvEsTING MACHINE COMPANY,(LIMITEII) OE. sAME PLACE.

CUTTING APPARATUS FOR HARVESTERS.

SPECIFICATION vforming part ofLetters Patent No. 292,370, dated January2 2, 1884.

Application filed October 4, i833. (No model) tion thereof. Y

y Our invention relates to improvements in cutting apparatusforharvesters, and will be fully described hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top view of part of a grain-platform withour improvements. 'Fig.2 is Aa vertical section of same through thecenter ofthe sway-bar. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of same, and' Figs.Liind 5 show details of the invention.

A is the platform of a machine embodying our invention. B is its centerbrace, and C is the swaybar,which is pivoted to said brace at a. 'Ihesway-bar C is connected at its rear end with the vdriving mechanism,while its front end has a nose, b, that projects through a slot, f, inthe stretcher-bar D,into Aa keeper, c, that is bolted to an angleiron,d, on the sickle-bar e. The slot f in the stretcher-bar D is made longenough to permit the swaybar C to swing far enough in the direction ofthe arrow, Fig. l, to cause its nose b to clear the keeper c when it isdesired to remove either the sway-bar or sickle-bar after the oppositeend ofthe sway-bar has been detached from the driving mechanism; yand tocover this gap in the stretcher-bar, so as to prevent grain and otherclogging matter from getting under the apron, we provide a gate, g,which has a housing, g', that is just long` enough to per- Init thenecessary play of the sway-bar as itv reciprocates the sickle-bar, andfrom the top of the machine without removing the stretcher- 5 5 bar;andto further facilitate the removing of the sickle,I provide the longverticalportion of eachV clamp I with a slot, i, that permits it tostraddle its securing-bolt I', so that after its nuty t" hasbeenloosened, it (the clamp) may 6o be lifted off the bolt while thelatter remains in place; and we deem this an important feature of our|invention, forhitherto it'fhas been necessary to entirely remove thebolt in order to release the clamp, and as this also involved 6 5 theremoval of the stretcher-bar it required both time and labor.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letl. In a harvester, the combination of the platform, theapron stretcher-bar provided with a horizontal slot, the cutter-bar, the

angle-iron shield secured to said cutter-bargi1 the keeper, also securedto said cutter-bar,

the central swaybar passing through the slot in the stretcher-bar andengaging said keeper, and the flanged shield overlapping said angle ironshield and covering said slot, as and for thepurpose set forth.

2. In a harvester, the cutter-bar e, having the angle-iron shield d andkeeper c, in combination with the bar B, sway-bar C, and pivot a,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a harvester, the cutter-bar e, having the angle-iron shield dI andkeeper c, in c0mbination with the'sway-bar C, the front stretcher-bar,D, having the slot f, and the upper shield, g, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

4. vIn aharvester, the combination of the finger-bar, the sickle, theremovable clamps having slots, and the bolts passing through said slotsfol` securing said clamps in place, subl kee, in the county of Milwaukeeand State of stantially as set forth. \Vsconsin, in the presence of twoWitnesses. 5. In a harvester, the sickle-clamps I, hnv- 4 4 f 4 ingslots i, n combination with the bolts I l 5 and nuts i', substantiallyas and for the pnrl j L 'J A pose set forth. \\"tnesses: v

In testimony that we claim the foregoing STANLEY S. STOUT,

we have hereunto setour hands, at Milwnn- )L KAUMHEIMER.

